North Sea Crude — WTI Midland and Forties trade
LONDON, Oct. 12 — There were two deals in the Platts window on Monday as US WTI Midland delivered to North West Europe and North Sea Forties both traded. Platts Window Indications are free on board unless marked as cost, insurance and freight or delivered at place. WTI Midland: Vitol sold a November 2-6 cargo to Phillips 66 at dated Brent plus $22.75 CIF Rotterdam. The WTI deal equated to around dated plus $18.00 FOB, Forties: Vitol sold a November 6-8 cargo to Trafigura at dated Brent plus $19.35. WTI Midland: ExxonMobil bid for a November 11-15 cargo at dated Brent plus $23.45 CIF Rotterdam, which equated to dated plus $18.70 FOB Forties: Equinor bid for a November 10-12 cargo at dated Brent plus $19.50. (Reporting by Robert Harvey, Editing by Tomasz Janowski) ((robert.harvey@tr.com)